Place card



S. B. FREIBERG.

Feb. 20, 1923..

PLACE CARD.

FILED FEB. 21, 1921.

STANLEY FREIJBERG, OF CINCINNATIQOHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CINCINNATI ART PUB- LISHING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PLACE CARD.

Application filed February 21, 1921. Serial No. 446.765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, STANLEY B. F REIBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Place Cards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

It is the olo'ect of my invention to provide a structure, preferably of a single sheet of card-board or heavy paper, suitably impressed with an ornamental design and capable of being erected into an open box, with supporting legs, and suitable space for writing a name thereon, or imprinting some kind of distinguishing title or mark.

This object I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

in the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my device with the lines of fold dotted.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device partly set up, taken from the rear.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Figure 4 is a front view in perspective of the device.

It should be noted that I have selected but oneof many possible forms of my invention, and that the design imprinted upon the card is no essential part of my invention, except as indicating those portions of my device suitable for receiving ornamentation.

Thus I provide a blank formed of heavy paper, having an edge 1, cut with projections 2, 2, thereon to serve as supporting legs. The central lines of fold 3, 3, and the outer lines of fold 4,- 4, bisect these projections 2, 2.

The main body of the blank has a central portion 5, side flaps 6, 6, at each side of the.

center and end flaps 7, 7, attached to the side. flaps. It has also a flap whlchserves as the container base and rear, said flap having a section 9, later to vform the base of the container and a section 10, later to. form the back wall.

The section 9 has a line of fold 11, with the central portion 5 of the blank, and is slit at 12, 12, to free it from the projections 2, 2, at its body.

The section 10 has a line of fold 13 with the section 9, and is equipped with ears 14;, 14, at a point selected, which ears form an lmportant part of the invention, as will be noted.

The end flaps 7 7, are provided with 0pposlng slots 15, 16, by means of which these end flaps may be locked together, and the main section can also be provided-with an upwardly extending ornamental portion 17.

In setting up the device, taking the blank as shown in igure 1, the flap portion 9 is folded under along-side of the central section 5 of the main body. The main body 1s, then folded on the lines of fold noted, and the notches of the end sections engaged in each other as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

This forms a rectangular-shaped figure with the projections 2 folded at the middle and forming legs therefor. The design on the main body is turned out in making this fold, so that the side of the rectangular figure will show the ornamentation.

With the parts so arranged (see Figure 2), the flap portion is bent at the line of fold 13 and forced down into the interior of the rectangular figure, until the ears on the outer section of the flap engage the side walls of the said rectangular figure.

Such portion of the outer section of the flap, then extends upwardly from the body of the device, and the flap makes up a base and rear wall of an open container or box, into which nuts or candies, or what not, may be arranged.

The ears are quite necessary, as they form a strong support for the base of the container. The legs, because of being bent at the middle, will resist being distorted or crumpled up, because of the angular structure thereof. The weight of the objects in the container portion will not destroy the permanent shape of the device and the flap will act as a spacer for the parts making up the rectangular figure.

The extension of the outer section of the flap may serve as an ornament, or be left blank to receive the written name of a guest, or the ornamental extension of the central section of the main. body may be adapted for this purpose, or be omitted altogether.

The legs, while giving a quaint and de juncture with the main sirable effect to the device, may be omitted, if desired, and the general shape of the device modified Within practical limits to suit the taste of the manufacturer.

The device, while particularly adapted for place cards and the like, may be made up in larger sizes as a display or dispensing receptacle for small articles on store counters, or used in store windows or the like, and because of being made up in one piece without any pasting or the like, it is quite inexpensive.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A place card for dinner guests made of an integral blank of cardboard comprising a main front section, with side flaps and end flaps attached to the side flaps and scored to 'fold into a four-sided enclosure, with means for locking the end flaps together, and the main front section having a downwardly projecting flap scored to fold across the bottom and inside the end flaps to conceal the locks, whereby the place card can be utilized as a container.

2. A place card for dinner guests made of an integral blank of cardboard comprising a main frontsection, with side flaps and end flaps attached to the side flaps and scored to fold into a four-sided enclosure, with means for locking the end flaps together, and the main front section having a downwardly projecting flap scored to fold across the bottom and inside the end flaps to conceal the looks, with ears on the down wardly projecting flap to engage the top edge of the side flaps when folded, forming a support and brace for the bottom.

STANLEY B. FREIBERG. 

